A mind is the
representation of herself; clearly this recursive reflection would be
like the blank staring of a mirror reflecting a mirror if it wasn't
for a trick. And that is the lack of grace. First of all
consciousness is thrown in the world, thanks to the blind case and
Heidegger. We arrive in a universe that pre-existed us, we need to
learn its rules. Step by step we engage ourselves in the game, till
we connect. Connection means that the mind wakes up, it is there.
Someone could argue that this entails children don't have mind. They
would be right. But I wouldn't make such a fuss about lack of mind.
Don't consider yourself such a great man just because you are a mind.
Your mind is also the projection of your actions, so bullying infants
(or animals) just because your a self-consciousness is really not
cool. So if you think yourself as superior just because your brain
can project itself in a cultural environment, shaped by its own
representation, you're an asshole.
Back to consciousness. The
process is never perfect. Since you became yourself, you are there,
but rarely you feel to be in control of the world. The few times it
happens, it because you're a psychotic. A delusional one. Just
because you have a title, president, or many confetti in your
pockets, you are far from being in control. You are in control when
you realize that the world is a representation and your mind within.
So basically it is true that everything is a projection of yours, but
your identity and biography are included. If you think that you can
command everyone, or shag anything, you have a misled idea of
control. When you project yourself in the game, as a player, you will
be on the run for the match and you can only be that way. Until you
are within, also giving up to play, won't change the anxiety of run.
It's only when you see
your consciousness as the spring of generativity of your
representations,that you can claim the control. A bit like Rutger
Hauer in Lady Hawk, when at dawn is able to see his lady. Kidding.
The fact is that your mind
is designed to project a player. She couldn't project without being
there as a protagonist of the play. Indeed she learns how to deploy
the representations, by the enactment of being on of them. Now, if
you think that seeing the source of representations gives you access to
any form of transcendency, you drink too much. Yes, of course this
twist it's like playing the role of god. But if you think that is
impossible to be a god, it's not because it is difficult, or amazing,
or high-octaned empowered of special features. It's just because you
are overwhelmed by the tradition of religions, which invented this
kind of superhero gods. Religions are the Marvel of spirituality. I'm
not saying that you shouldn't find any fun, but take it with a pinch
of salt. So yes, you're god and you're the same dude, just you take
it cosmically easier.
Of course it's good a step
back from the traffic of the game. I'm not saying going in the
desert, becoming a monk. Well, if it helps you, good. But sometimes
dressing the robe becomes a play itself, so be careful. It's just
that when you step back, you start to see the projection of the
representations. You didn't make the world, but trust, in your life
you are responsible for a good chunk of the representations. What's
good, what's bad, what they'll think about me. I mean, yes, they
obviously think about you. But they don't care so much as you do
about yourself. There are exception, in love affairs, in teenagehood,
in the Catholic Church. But generally it is ok.
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